TANF and the Libertarian and Communitarian Prescriptions to Poverty

Abstract:

This paper analyzes the libertarian and communitarian views of the
welfare state and the proper responsibilities and limits of governmental
action. In the middle of the 1990s, the Clinton administration administered
systematic welfare reform with its central philosophy of temporary
assistance and welfare for struggling families in order to facilitate them for
reengagement into the work force and education. Such programs as The
Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF), the dynamics of welfare
have changed since the era of the Great Society. With this policy in its first
decade of existence, this paper focuses on both the theoretical and
philosophical interpretations of the libertarian community and
communitarian community.